An electrolytic cell recovery of metal comprising a first partition wall provided with partition openings situated beneath the level of an electrobath and disposed between a dissociated metal recovery chamber and an electrolytic chamber having an anode and a cathode and a second partition wall adapted to constitute an intermediate chamber between the first and second partition walls for recovery of dissociated Cl.sub.2 gas; and also the arrangement of bipolar electrodes in the electrolytic cell and the shape of a control plate for preventing the deposition of sludge.